BlockBlock, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66071. The Survey maps it on the Paola East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Paola East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Block between 2015 and 2018, burning about 311 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Miami County | 241 |
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 210 |
| 13 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 200 |
| 7 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Miami County | 126 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 125 |
| 7 March 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 56 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Miami County | 101 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Miami County | 72 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henson | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| New Lancaster | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fontana | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Ringer | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Paola | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Somerset | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Drexel Corner | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Osawatomie | 7.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 479741. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.